John, You were more fair than you had to be. I enjoyed the list so much brotha! We needed a MAME emulator back then to play the good versions of a lot of these games. But, it was a good time.. I thankfully didn't get burned by anything except a couple bad rentals.. 😂 😂 Keep it up my man!
I love playing the game with my kids! I would like you to Rank the top 10 games on the PS1 and PS2 and PS3 and PS4 and PS5, please! Keep up the awesome work on your show John Riggs!
Mr. Nutz deserves better than a D! I was browsing random games and actually got sucked into Mr Nutz. My hands were stuck on Mr. Nutz for hours! I NEED more Mr. Nutz.
Loooove FFII for the SNES, as soon as I heard that music sequence start, I triggered something in my brain that hasnt been felt for a while! I really need to get another SNES or a Nintendo Switch ASAP
John's story about being convinced he saw Waterworld for SNES at his local video store reminds me of how I was convinced for years that Dragon's Lair contained a mirrored version of the Lizard King scene. I was absolutely certain it was in the cabinets I'd played when the game was new (in 1983) and I was disappointed when the Sega CD version didn't include it. But then... no other home version ever included it either, and when I looked it up online I found scans of magazines from 1983 that explained how the scenes were selected, and none of them mentioned the Lizard King scene having a mirrored version. It never existed, yet I still can't quite let go of my belief that it did.
Ogre Battle has the most playtime out of any game I ever played on my SNES growing up. Ogre Battle 64 is one of my prized games in my collection. I love the series and love Ogre Tactics and have my original PS1 copy and the remaster. Great series. I always felt that Brigandine for PS1 was a spiritual successor to Ogre Battle.
Mystic Quest on SNES isn't part of the Mana series, that's Mystic Quest for game boy (which is called Final Fantasy Adventure in the USA... confusing naming all around)
I know there are a ton of games in this video and I have already commented on Ogre Battle. However, I had an Asterix game for my Sega Game Gear when I was a kid amd loved it. Played it for countless hours while riding in the car. You could play as Asterix and Obelisk as well.
Asterix was from the province of Gaul, which is in France. René Goscinny, the author, was Parisiain and created the comics in France, though, Jijé and Morris, the illustrators were Belgian. :)@@alannaramone3821
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is not part of the SaGa series (You might be thinking of Final Fantasy Legend on the Game Boy). The game is called Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest in Japan.
Also, the SNES version of Super Wrestlemania was unfinished; you can see this if you check out the Genesis version. The wrestlers still all have the same stats etc., but they at least have their proper finishers there!
When will FF6 get a 3d re-release? Best story, best music, best villain in any game ever made to this day! The only thing you could improve on in FF6 beside the graphics (which are still amazing for 16-bit) would be a few bugs in the gameplay. But that's it. I've known the game for 28 years and it still holds up 100%. It's that good.
You have so many videos, it's amazing! Lots of games I played, and so many I never had access to, due to it being obscure systems and whatnot. You rock, Mr. Riggs!
If we're going for SNES RPG villains, Dhaos is far better than Kefka (yes, I know Tales of Phantasia wasn't released back then but I have enough copies of the game that I'm counting it). Way more complicated on a literary level.
Actraiser 2 is criminally underrated, but you can't go in expecting an Actraiser game. It's actually a heavily combat-focused action platformer with some of the most depth the SNES has to offer in that genre. Look up speedruns for the game and you'll see a ton of fascinating tricks, such as exploiting the invincible frames on certain moves and aiming attacks to get more damage from them than the designers intended. It's almost a fighting game in some aspects, just one that happens to have platforming.
I disagree entirely with Secret of Mana not being an S. Reason being is, there's many weapons to choose from, each has their strengths, you can level them up you can level up your charge attack, you can change up characters, many different magics, set up their attack zones, if you're getting bored of your current weapon just select a different one and level that one up. One thing they should have done is change how your character looks depending on the armor but at least they changed the weapons. I have an absolute blast playing secret of Mana! It's actually challenging if you do it without save states. Yes it's a long game, but I think that's a strength considering how much you have to work with.
I liked Waterworld the film, too! I am playing Final Fantasy 4 right now on the switch, and I feel that with enough grinding, it ain't so bad, it's a great game.
Secret of Mana has this design flaw (if you can call it that) that completely breaks the game once you know it. By far the most effective way to play is to always control Randi (the boy) and have the other characters cast magic with the X key. This way you're not frozen in place waiting for the animation to finish and you can even cast one immediately after another and buffer them, utterly pummeling any enemy without them fighting back. And while they are stunlocked Randi can easily charge up the strongest attack on top of that. It makes the entire game trivial. The remake fixed this.
Maximum Carnage was pulled exclusively from the comics, with many of the story images being pulled directly from the comic event of the same name. That said, the game is mediocre as a beat em up. I very much prefer the Animated Series game, which had a lot of nice comic references to go with the cartoon elements. Combine that with boss fights that took some creativity to beat, and the game would be a solid B for me.
When I was growing up we called it the snez, with a z sound. Sensible Soccer was voted one of the ten most important games of all time by a Stanford researcher in 2007 -wiki. The only none-US game on the list.
yeah you spelled it out and didn't say it as one word. But in the UK, we made it into a word and the last S was pronounced with a Z sound like any sane person would.@@teruienages962
Unpopular opinion… all JRPG turn based games go F tier unless there is a lower tier you have not disclosed. I absolutely loathe all turn based games. Only thing I might hate more is sports ball games.
Every 1-star SNES game th-cam.com/video/V50yiN2C7a4/w-d-xo.html
Every 5-Star SNES game th-cam.com/video/1lNIk1CPvxQ/w-d-xo.html
Would u recommend True Lies on SNES?
John, You were more fair than you had to be. I enjoyed the list so much brotha! We needed a MAME emulator back then to play the good versions of a lot of these games. But, it was a good time.. I thankfully didn't get burned by anything except a couple bad rentals.. 😂 😂 Keep it up my man!
I love playing the game with my kids! I would like you to Rank the top 10 games on the PS1 and PS2 and PS3 and PS4 and PS5, please! Keep up the awesome work on your show John Riggs!
Mr. Nutz deserves better than a D! I was browsing random games and actually got sucked into Mr Nutz. My hands were stuck on Mr. Nutz for hours! I NEED more Mr. Nutz.
It deserves a Deez. DEEZ NUTZ! 😂😂😂😂😂 I’m sorry.
Loooove FFII for the SNES, as soon as I heard that music sequence start, I triggered something in my brain that hasnt been felt for a while! I really need to get another SNES or a Nintendo Switch ASAP
John's story about being convinced he saw Waterworld for SNES at his local video store reminds me of how I was convinced for years that Dragon's Lair contained a mirrored version of the Lizard King scene. I was absolutely certain it was in the cabinets I'd played when the game was new (in 1983) and I was disappointed when the Sega CD version didn't include it. But then... no other home version ever included it either, and when I looked it up online I found scans of magazines from 1983 that explained how the scenes were selected, and none of them mentioned the Lizard King scene having a mirrored version. It never existed, yet I still can't quite let go of my belief that it did.
Ogre Battle has the most playtime out of any game I ever played on my SNES growing up. Ogre Battle 64 is one of my prized games in my collection. I love the series and love Ogre Tactics and have my original PS1 copy and the remaster. Great series. I always felt that Brigandine for PS1 was a spiritual successor to Ogre Battle.
One or my favourite games of all time, I hear ya
Wow Brigadine! I have all those games as well. Atlus all the way
Mystic Quest on SNES isn't part of the Mana series, that's Mystic Quest for game boy (which is called Final Fantasy Adventure in the USA... confusing naming all around)
I know there are a ton of games in this video and I have already commented on Ogre Battle. However, I had an Asterix game for my Sega Game Gear when I was a kid amd loved it. Played it for countless hours while riding in the car. You could play as Asterix and Obelisk as well.
The encounter rate in Breath of Fire is waaaaay out of whack. It's like every two steps. It is awesome, though.
Astérix isn't a British thing, he's French. Thanks for these videos :)
Actually Asterix is belgian.
Asterix was from the province of Gaul, which is in France. René Goscinny, the author, was Parisiain and created the comics in France, though, Jijé and Morris, the illustrators were Belgian. :)@@alannaramone3821
I know Asterix as German.
Even learned that in middle school.
Well HE’S Gallic the story is rooted during the Roman Empire and the Gallic wars. The game is made by the French.
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is not part of the SaGa series (You might be thinking of Final Fantasy Legend on the Game Boy). The game is called Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest in Japan.
Ogre Battle March Of The Black Queen is the only SNES game I have that is CIB, including 2 posters! Very cool!
Going to save this for Saturday morning with cereal. Thanks, John Riggs.
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@@dutchschaefer4983 im here
Being originally from Tacoma/ft Lewis, i miss my Supersonics. 😢
Also, the SNES version of Super Wrestlemania was unfinished; you can see this if you check out the Genesis version. The wrestlers still all have the same stats etc., but they at least have their proper finishers there!
WWF super WrestleMania on the SNES cool game. Including the Royal Rumble I like the theme intro, And Raw ok game thanks for the Best Reviews👍👍😎
Yes Kefka I know you probably didn't want spoilers but Kefka was the villain who actually achieved destroying the world.
Half the wrestlers in these games have died.
Ironically, the Undertaker is not one of them.
Like stumbling over a crack in the sidewalk lol.
Lethal Enforcers at the arcades was a great gun game. Coming from someone who doesn't really like gun games.
When will FF6 get a 3d re-release? Best story, best music, best villain in any game ever made to this day! The only thing you could improve on in FF6 beside the graphics (which are still amazing for 16-bit) would be a few bugs in the gameplay. But that's it. I've known the game for 28 years and it still holds up 100%. It's that good.
Great marathon, the only small nitpick I have is in the timeline, Robotrek is called Robotrack .... Sorry to have to be that guy lol
Them toons are walkabout ❤
Might I say. We’ve seen Riggs play as Riggs while being Riggs in FF3/6.
You have so many videos, it's amazing! Lots of games I played, and so many I never had access to, due to it being obscure systems and whatnot. You rock, Mr. Riggs!
I'd love an Actraiser 2 remaster with the city management stuff added in
If we're going for SNES RPG villains, Dhaos is far better than Kefka (yes, I know Tales of Phantasia wasn't released back then but I have enough copies of the game that I'm counting it). Way more complicated on a literary level.
Objectively wrong take.
More people should say thank you to John and stop nit picking his videos. The guy does a great job. Thanks John
Actraiser 2 is criminally underrated, but you can't go in expecting an Actraiser game. It's actually a heavily combat-focused action platformer with some of the most depth the SNES has to offer in that genre. Look up speedruns for the game and you'll see a ton of fascinating tricks, such as exploiting the invincible frames on certain moves and aiming attacks to get more damage from them than the designers intended. It's almost a fighting game in some aspects, just one that happens to have platforming.
I disagree entirely with Secret of Mana not being an S. Reason being is, there's many weapons to choose from, each has their strengths, you can level them up you can level up your charge attack, you can change up characters, many different magics, set up their attack zones, if you're getting bored of your current weapon just select a different one and level that one up.
One thing they should have done is change how your character looks depending on the armor but at least they changed the weapons. I have an absolute blast playing secret of Mana! It's actually challenging if you do it without save states. Yes it's a long game, but I think that's a strength considering how much you have to work with.
I actually consider Secret Of Mana to be a 5th rate, bad Zelda clone and horribly overrated. He was WAY too nice to it.
@@teruienages962 good thing your opinion means little to nothing to me. Phew otherwise I'd be devastated 😅
@@HarryToefaceAnd your opinion means little to nothing to John but you still felt compelled to comment.
I can sit and watch your content while drinking my coffee in the morning! Love it!
Righteous, snes is my fav to collect for. Just downloaded this for my flight Thursday 🙏
SNES Marathon Time With John Riggs
That SuperSonics hat❤
loooved the og breath of fire. My most played rpg in the early/mid 90s.
I liked Waterworld the film, too! I am playing Final Fantasy 4 right now on the switch, and I feel that with enough grinding, it ain't so bad, it's a great game.
So, in relation to the other RPGs available on the Super NES, would you say that "Breath of Fire" was a breath of fresh air?
Secret of Mana has this design flaw (if you can call it that) that completely breaks the game once you know it. By far the most effective way to play is to always control Randi (the boy) and have the other characters cast magic with the X key. This way you're not frozen in place waiting for the animation to finish and you can even cast one immediately after another and buffer them, utterly pummeling any enemy without them fighting back. And while they are stunlocked Randi can easily charge up the strongest attack on top of that. It makes the entire game trivial. The remake fixed this.
Wished you would have ended the video of your final Tier list, wanted to screenshot it
Ah man, this is just a compilation. I was excited, thought it was new content.
I'm actually playing FF5 right now 😅
Love that you're rocking my native Liverpool!
Where can I buy some Riggs beer?!
The best computer ever made
You're legit the best
Id buy robocop 3 for a dollar nah!❤😂
Maximum Carnage was pulled exclusively from the comics, with many of the story images being pulled directly from the comic event of the same name. That said, the game is mediocre as a beat em up. I very much prefer the Animated Series game, which had a lot of nice comic references to go with the cartoon elements. Combine that with boss fights that took some creativity to beat, and the game would be a solid B for me.
astérix and spirou are both french comics
When I was growing up we called it the snez, with a z sound.
Sensible Soccer was voted one of the ten most important games of all time by a Stanford researcher in 2007 -wiki. The only none-US game on the list.
Speaking as someone born in 1979.... no we did not.
Everyone that I knew, INCLUDING me called is "Ess-N-E-S"
yeah you spelled it out and didn't say it as one word. But in the UK, we made it into a word and the last S was pronounced with a Z sound like any sane person would.@@teruienages962
Breath of Fire needs to come back. 1-3 were near perfect RPGs
Macho Mans Elbow is something special!!
These marathons are great 👍
720p seriously? and it looks even worse.
1:00:00 - great joke about Arsenal!
Secret of Mana, unquestionably an S
We don't know asterix in the UK. Not that well anyway.
Prob would nice to put time stamps in the description too
time stamps?
Yea man, Kefka was hardcore
Can tell his ljn stance has been influenced by James
Always preferred side-scrollers action Platformers or beatemups or shoot em ups but was never a huge fan of turn-based RPGs
If it was the SSMS, would they still have called it the SNES? 🤔
Took me a year to beat Spider-Man xmen
19:07 area 51!
It seems as if you know little to nothing about commodore Amiga, chech games like Humans, Syndicate, Cannon Fodder et al there.
Super Nintendo... SNES... Same thing 😂😂😂
“Not terrible but not bad”….I don’t understand😂
how dare you grade robotrek b and evo s thats so backwards, my favorite system snes great video mr riggs!
How many games are you gonna say you didn't beat??? Some of the games on here are the best and you didn't beat them...
A game you've never beat you give an S (ChronoTrigger)? I like you but this seems disingenious.
Unpopular opinion… all JRPG turn based games go F tier unless there is a lower tier you have not disclosed. I absolutely loathe all turn based games. Only thing I might hate more is sports ball games.
Your opinion is objectively wrong and horribly ignorant. It's not "Unpopular", you're just flat out wrong.
It will always be Dragon Warrior to me...